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NIB received a whopper of a Christmas present this year – approval by the Minister of Health for a 7.99% increase in premiums, far above the 6.2% average increase for the private health insurance industry as a whole. This was the largest rise since NIB’s listing in 2007 and highlights the government’s awareness that it must first satisfy the insurers if it is to prevent its own Medicare expenses spiralling out of control.

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After purchasing at $2.37 over a year ago, NHF dipped down to about $2 before moving upwards in fits and starts towards your sell price. I noticed that it has now exceeded your sell price. After a 36% increase in just over a year, I'm strugg...

I know you don't cover NHF any more, so maybe treat this as an Investors' College question. In the last review of NHF before ceasing coverage, Nathan's main reason for selling seemed to be that it was trading at twice net tangible assets (NTA). ...

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